RS Berkane

The club was founded in 1938 under the name of Association Sportive de Berkane. In 1953, the club was named Union Sportive Musulmane de Berkane.

In 1966 it was renamed Union Sportive de Berkane and in the same year, a new club was founded under the name of Chabab Riadhi de Berkane.

In 1971, both teams merged to make Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Nahdat Berkane). This merger was beneficial for the club, it entered the 1st division in 1977–78.

The RSB regained its spot in the first moroccan division in 2012, under the presidency of Fouzi Lekjaa, who ran the club since 2009.[1]

In 2018, RS Berkane won its first ever title, the Moroccan Throne Cup.[2]

Berkane have been making steady progress over the years, culminating with their first continental silverware. After their Confederation Cup campaign ended at the quarter-final stage in 2018, they went further in 2019 and lost the final to Zamalek.[3]

In 2020, Renaissance Sportive De Berkane was crowned Confederation Cup champions, clinching their first continental title in their history. The club beat Egyptians Pyramids 1–0 in the final game at Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat.[4]

In the semi-final, which was played at Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, “RSB” beat countrymates “HUSA”, Hassania d’Agadir 2–1. The two goals of the qualified team were a 20th and a 61st minute penalty kicks scored by the same player, Mohamed Aziz.[5]

The CAF confederation cup title won by “Renaissance Sportive De Berkane” yesterday is the seventh of its kind for Moroccan football and the fifth if the new format of the competition is being considered.[6]

RS Berkane’s 2020–21 season was impressive as the Oranges were chasing for the domestic league title up until the final fixtures. They eventually finished third on the national league table (Botola Pro) with 57 points, three points behind champions Raja Casablanca. Additionally, they only lost three games out of 30, the lowest in the league.[7]

As of 25 September 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAR Zouhair Laaroubi 4 DF  BFA Issoufou Dayo 5 DF  MAR Zakaria Hadraf 7 FW  MAR Hamdi Laachir 8 MF  MAR Larbi Naji 10 MF  MAR Zaid Krouch 11 MF  MAR Alaeddine Ajaraie 12 GK  MAR Hamza Akbi 14 DF  MAR Ismael Mokadem 15 MF  MAR Hamza Regragui 17 MF  MAR Amine El Kass 18 MF  MAR Abdellah Mohamed

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BFA Alain Traoré 20 FW  MTN Adama Ba 21 MF  MAR Bakr El Helali 23 DF  MAR Omar Namsaoui 24 FW  MAR Youssef Zghoudi 25 DF  MAR Mohamed Aziz (captain) 26 MF  MAR Brahim El Bahraoui 29 DF  MAR Mohamed Farhane 30 FW  BFA Djibril Ouattara 99 FW  MAR Mouhcine Iajour – GK  MAR Younes Karabila – DF  MAR Abdelkrim Baadi

• Bertrand Marchand (Oct 16, 2012 – June 17, 2013)
• Umberto Barberis (July 1, 2013 – Oct 30, 2013)
• Youssef Lemrini (Oct 30, 2013 – June 30, 2017)
• Mounir Jaouani (July 1, 2017 – 2019)
• Tarik Sektioui (2019 – present)

• Ayoub El Kaabi
• Mamadou Soro Nanga
• Abdelkader El Brazi
• Mohammed Aziz
• Adil Serraj

• Club profile - Soccerway